spaniel

[ span-yuhl ]

/ ˈspæn yəl /

noun

one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.

a submissive, fawning, or cringing person.

Origin of spaniel

1350–1400; Middle English spaynel<Old French espaignolSpanish (dog), derivative of EspaigneSpain

OTHER WORDS FROM spaniel

span·iel·like, adjective

Words nearby spaniel

spang, spangle, spangled glass, Spanglish, Spaniard, spaniel, Spanish, Spanish America, Spanish American, Spanish-American War, Spanish Arabic

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Example sentences from the Web for spaniel

Something pulled at his flannel trousers: it was a spaniel puppy, and with it he played till breakfast-time.
A Boswell of Baghdad|E. V. Lucas
A spaniel at the point of death requested a mastiff friend to eat him.
Cobwebs From an Empty Skull|Ambrose Bierce (AKA: Dod Grile)
Number Twelve explained in a weary tone that Fluffles was a Pekinese spaniel.
Adventures of Bindle|Herbert George Jenkins
To this class belong most of the useful dogs, such as the spaniel, the setter, the pointer and the sheepdog.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6|Various

She was indeed like a spaniel dog who sees her master coming.
Fraternity|John Galsworthy

British Dictionary definitions for spaniel

spaniel

/ (ˈspænjəl) /

noun

any of several breeds of gundog with long drooping ears, a silky coat, and formerly a docked tailSee clumber spaniel, cocker spaniel, field spaniel, springer spaniel, Sussex spaniel, water spaniel

either of two toy breeds of spanielSee King Charles spaniel

an obsequiously devoted person

Word Origin for spaniel

C14: from Old French espaigneul Spanish (dog), from Old Provençal espanhol, ultimately from Latin Hispāniolus Spanish

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单词	spaniel
释义	spaniel [ span-yuhl ] / ˈspæn yəl / noun one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears. a submissive, fawning, or cringing person. Origin of spaniel 1350–1400; Middle English spaynel<Old French espaignolSpanish (dog), derivative of EspaigneSpain OTHER WORDS FROM spaniel span·iel·like, adjective Words nearby spaniel spang, spangle, spangled glass, Spanglish, Spaniard, spaniel, Spanish, Spanish America, Spanish American, Spanish-American War, Spanish Arabic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for spaniel Something pulled at his flannel trousers: it was a spaniel puppy, and with it he played till breakfast-time. A Boswell of Baghdad\|E. V. Lucas A spaniel at the point of death requested a mastiff friend to eat him. Cobwebs From an Empty Skull\|Ambrose Bierce (AKA: Dod Grile) Number Twelve explained in a weary tone that Fluffles was a Pekinese spaniel. Adventures of Bindle\|Herbert George Jenkins To this class belong most of the useful dogs, such as the spaniel, the setter, the pointer and the sheepdog. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6\|Various She was indeed like a spaniel dog who sees her master coming. Fraternity\|John Galsworthy British Dictionary definitions for spaniel spaniel / (ˈspænjəl) / noun any of several breeds of gundog with long drooping ears, a silky coat, and formerly a docked tailSee clumber spaniel, cocker spaniel, field spaniel, springer spaniel, Sussex spaniel, water spaniel either of two toy breeds of spanielSee King Charles spaniel an obsequiously devoted person Word Origin for spaniel C14: from Old French espaigneul Spanish (dog), from Old Provençal espanhol, ultimately from Latin Hispāniolus Spanish Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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